n. [ L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F. abarticulation. See Article. ] (Anat.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. articularis: cf. F. articulaire. See Article, n. ] Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an articular or an articulate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See Article, v. ] (Zool.) 1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. articulatus. See Articulata. ] 1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Articulated p. pr. & vb. n. Articulating . 1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat or make terms. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To join or be connected by articulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language. “To articulate a word.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Latin. ] (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.
Syn. -- joint, articulation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. articulation, fr. L. articulatio. ] 1. (Anat.) A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods. (b) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize. (c) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being jointed; connection of parts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That definiteness and articulation of imagery. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to articulation. Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + articulate. ] (Zool.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The union or articulation of bones to form a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disjoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + articulate. ] (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ex- + articulation. ] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.

a. [ L. inarticulatus; pref. in- not + articulatus articulate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music which is inarticulate poesy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm. (b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Incapable of articulating. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy. Walpole.

4. Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly. [ PJC ]

a. Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inarticulate manner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inarticulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inarticulation. ] Inarticulateness. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mult- + articulate. ] Having many articulations or joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not particulate. Opposite of particulate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See Particle. ] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Make ] each particular hair to stand an end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seken in every halk and every herne
Particular sciences for to lerne. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. “Thine own particular wrongs.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Particular average. See under Average. --
Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. --
Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. --
Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See Minute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story. [ 1913 Webster ]

Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For his particular I'll receive him gladly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the particulars of each person be considered. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular. Whole Duty of Man. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of particulars. See under Bill. --
In particular, specially; specifically; peculiarly; particularly; especially. “This, in particular, happens to the lungs.” Blackmore. --
To go into particulars, to relate or describe in detail or minutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as particularize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. particularisme. ] 1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. particulariste. ] One who holds to particularism. -- Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Particularities [ Cf. F. particularité. ] 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. “An old heathen altar with this particularity.” Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. “Even descending to particularities.” Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of particularizing. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Particularized p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing ] [ Cf. F. particulariser. ] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. [ Also spelled particularise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Stated or described in detail.
Syn. -- circumstantial, detailed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an especial manner; especially; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The exact propriety of Virgil I particularly regarded as a great part of his character. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A particular; a detail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ See Particle. ] To particularize. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the form of a particle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The smallpox is a particulate disease. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Composed of particles; finely divided. [ PJC ]

n. Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated. [ PJC ]

a. [ Quinque- + article. ] (Theol.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. superparticularis. See Super-, and Particular. ] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [ Obs. ] Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + articulate. ] (Zool.) Having three joints. [ 1913 Webster ]